Summary
A research project that between 1982 and 1989 published about three dozen studies of the West Bank and Gaza under occupation, documenting in detail the integrative processes of Israeli control (The Jewish State: A Century Later, lines 4621-4980).
Details
- The studies focused attention on the scope of Israeli government activity and spending in the territories, on the extent of land appropriation — about one-third of the total area — and on the growing degree of interdependence due to interlocking infrastructure, Jewish settlement, economic integration, and other aspects of occupation over time (The Jewish State: A Century Later, lines 4621-4980).
- In the view of Meron Benvenisti, the project’s director, these trends pointed to the increasing irreversibility of Israeli control and incorporation of the territories, a conclusion welcomed by the advocates of integration and resisted by its dovish opponents (The Jewish State: A Century Later, lines 4621-4980).